I watch the "In Memoriam" section of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", mostly to see the number of dead servicemembers that we keep losing to senseless wars, and I notice that some weeks they really have to look hard to find a famous person who died in the preceding week.

Peter, Paul, and Mary punctuated my adolescence and young adulthood. "Leavin' On A Jet Plane" made me cry in the mornings, when I'd have to rise and leave my love to fly back to school. Even though we were to be married shortly, the pain of separation was anguish of a kind that only the young in love can feel - or so I believed. That song haunted me for years, even after we married.

My vinyl collection includes several Peter, Paul and Mary albums. I've been putting off unpacking that part of the living room that is still in boxes from my recent move. Now I just need to hear those particular voices. And I need to find the box that contains the sheet music; a couple of years ago I was prowling one of our local thrift shops and came across two comb-bound books -- one was the works of Buffy Ste. Marie, the other was the complete songbook for PP&M. I paid 99 cents for each one, and I am rich beyond words for having them.

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